Science Daily May 18, 2018
Economically and efficiently converting tough plant matter, called lignin, has long been a stumbling block for wider use of the plant energy source and making it cost competitive. Piecing together mechanisms from other known lignin degraders, a team of researchers in the US (Sandia National Laboratory, Joint BioEnergy Institute, University of Minnesota, UC Berkeley) has engineered E. coli into an efficient and productive bioconversion cell factory… read more. Open Access TECHNICAL ARTICLE
Schematic presentation of an autoregulatory microbial system for valorizing lignin-derived aromatics into value-added chemicals. Credit: PNAS March 20, 2018. 115 (12) 2970-2975